IntelTrends 06-APR-2010

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) reports that 73 members of an 80 member patrol were killed after being ambushed by 1,000 Maoists in the thick Mukrana forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.* This article has been updated since originally posted.

The open participation of a high police officer in the election propaganda meeting of Minister Douglas Devananda has triggered suspicion and fear that the police and Sri Lanka armed forces will support election fraud in favour of Devananda’s Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) and its ally Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).